How Did John Cotton Respond To Hutchinson's Confrontation With The Ministry

Confrontation with the Ministry On 25 October 1636, several ministers went to the home of John Cotton to confront about the developing unrest and discord; they what they called a "private conference" which would include other like Hutchinson and other free advocates and leaders of the Boston church. An agreement was reached, and Cotton gave the ministers the satisfaction of agreeing to their points of view. The other Hutchinson and the other also agreed for the sake of the colony. Another issue was how Hutchison criticized them during her meetings or conventicles for preaching the covenant of the holy works and said that they were unable ministers of the New Testament. Hutchinson responded when prompted avoiding confutation with the minister at the time, and only speaking to one or two ministers at a time. She believed how she responded would be private and confidential. A year later, however, her words would be used against her. In her trial that resulted in her exile from the colony. (Biography)(Bremer)(Rugg) By late 1636, the controversy had deepened, and Hutchinson and her supporters were accused of heresy in the Puritan Church. This two were as follows antinomianism and familism. The word "antinomianism" which literally means "against or opposed to the law"; in a biblical context, it means "the moral law is not binding upon
Anne Hutchison’s defense was that she did all her action in the privacy of home or in private, that she "must either speak false or true in my answers" in the ministerial context of the meeting. Within those private gatherings, she had cited Proverbs 29:25, "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe." Unfortunate for her the court was not interested in the differences of private and public statements.